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Here are the 5 biggest lottery prizes ever — and who won them

Have your lucky numbers ready for the Mega Millions jackpot? Buzz60's Mercer Morrison has the story.

Florida Lottery Secretary Tom Delacenserie, left, presents Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt of Florida with their one-third share of the Jan. 13, 2016, Powerball jackpot. That total jackpot was for $1.59 billion.(Photo: Steve Cannon/AP)

4. $648 million, Dec. 17, 2013

Ira Curry of Georgia and Steve Tran of California split a massive $648 million Mega Millions jackpot in December 2013.

3. $656 million, March 29, 2012

This Mega Millions jackpot had three winning tickets. One ticket was purchased by Merle and Patricia Butler of Illinois. The other winning tickets were sold in Maryland and Kansas, where winners can remain anonymous.

2. $758.7 million, Aug. 23, 2017

This massive Powerball jackpot smashed the previous record for the biggest win for a single ticket when Mavis Wanczyk of Massachusetts won it in August 2017.

1. $1.59 billion, Jan.13, 2016

Three winners claimed the Powerball prize that would be the biggest jackpot in history (until someone wins the current Mega Millions, that is). Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt of Florida; Marvin and Mae Acosta of California; and John and Lisa Robinson of Tennessee claimed the three tickets with a cash value of $327.8 million each.

"You wanna know why I am playing this?" asks Jeffery Perry, of Jackson, Miss., as he fills out Mega Millions lottery tickets, in The World Bar and Grill in Delta, La., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. "It is for my children. So I can give them a good life." Perry is one of many Mississippi residents that crossed the Mississippi-Louisiana state line, for a chance at winning an estimated $1.6 billion jackpot in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing. Rogelio V. Solis, AP

Lottery players line up to purchase Mega Millions lottery tickets, at The World Bar and Grill, in Delta, La., a few miles from the Mississippi-Louisiana state line, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Although the Mississippi Legislature passed a lottery bill, the state still does not have an established lottery, so players from the Magnolia state have crossed over state lines for a chance at winning an estimated $1.6 billion jackpot in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing. Rogelio V. Solis, AP

A sign displays the estimated Mega Millions lottery jackpot at a retailer in Washington, D.C., Oct. 20, 2018. No winning tickets were sold for the Mega Millions drawing on Friday and the jackpot now grows to 1.6 billion dollars for the next drawing on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. ERIK S. LESSER, EPA-EFE